When Freestanding Emergency Department Comes to Town, Costs Go Up, Rice University Study Says
October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 23 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Rice University issued the following news release:
Rather than functioning as substitutes for hospital-based emergency departments, freestanding emergency departments have increased local market spending on emergency care in three of four states' markets where they have entered, according to a new paper (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acem.13848) by experts at Rice University.
State policymakers and resea . . .
Rather than functioning as substitutes for hospital-based emergency departments, freestanding emergency departments have increased local market spending on emergency care in three of four states' markets where they have entered, according to a new paper (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acem.13848) by experts at Rice University.
State policymakers and resea . . .